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Nw 1 6 AIEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDJJORD, OKMCION, MONDAY, OCTOBlOft 10. 1010. THIS SERMON IS A REGULAR WEEKLY FEATURE i in i - i i - !--! - - ' ' " " "'" ''"" ii fc j-m-m. fc ufcv-. i .. ,, i . i. i .n.ni.i, tiAa..M,i .fc.iifl ... . ,.,, 11 i,.L, ... , . ... ,,. ,, , . ... i.ULiii.h ., i in '- MMMMMMMMMMnaniH ill - niMM ' ' ' ' .,..-.,. ii mmmefmmmmmmammmmmmmmmmmmmm-mmmmimmmmmmmm'Wmmim'-- . 1 H if I I For Sale Oi ''" oo ooO AUI AMD PEOPLE'S PULPIT. G tEE v Sermon by CHARLES T. RUSSELL, Pastor Brooklyn Tabernacle - iQOO Brooklyn, N. Y October 2.-rnstor Russell of tho Drooklyu Tabernacle Addressed a large and very attentivo audience today at the Academy of Mu bIc from the above text- Ho said: Ours Is a day In which, more than ever before, the statement of our text Is disputed disbelieved by Jews, Gen tiles and Christians. Tho great Chris tian author, St Paul, agrees exactly with the words of Moses In our text, saying. "Without tho shedding of blood there Is no remission of sins" (Hebrews lx, 22i. The orthodox Jew and the orthodox Christian, therefore, jire In substantial agreement as to the "foundation of things and the unortho dox nru In agreement of opposition. The latter agree that there Is no neces sity for Sin Atonement that the later thought of all the wise men of the earth, the greatest ministers and rab bis. Is that there Is no such thing as Original Sin; hence could be no such thing as necessity for cancelling It of ranking an atonement or satisfaction to Justice on behalf of it Two things lave contributed to these unorthodox, unscrlptural views. (1) The agnostic Jew not only dis putes tho Bible as on authority on the subject, but. In addition, admits to himself that if tho shedding of blood, if the sacrifices commanded by the Levltlcal code for Sin Atonement be admitted to be right and rjecessary. It would involve the thought that the Jewish people have had ho Sin Atone ment In Jjny senso of the word for more than eighteen centuries, because Sin Atonement must be made accord ing to certain specified conditions or else It could not be made at alL The loss of the Ark of the Covenant con taining the Law, and covered by the mercy-seat, was one of these disasters. The destruction of Jerusalem, the City of the great King, was another, and. above ail, the Law required that the sacrifices should be killed,, and the presentations oacrlflclally made to God. only by a priest who could show his lineage as a son of Aaron. (2 1 Since the destruction of Jerusalem A. D. 70. the Jewish nation has been scattered and devastated by their foes some of these, alas, claiming to be Christians and dishonoring the name of Jesus! As a result all official rec ords and genealogies of tho Jewish people are broken, vitiated, destroyed. Undoubtedly there are numerous de scendants from Aaron living today; but since they cannot prove their descent they are absolutely forbidden to at tempt to make a Sin Atonement on the Atonement Day. Viewing the matter from this standpoint the unorthodox Jew feels all the more inclined to re pudiate the necessity for any Sin Atonement. Alas, indeed, many of them seem not only to have lost con fidence in the Mosaic arrangement, but to have lost faith entirely in a personal God. We hope and believe tr- T.ny of these are sincere and will b -sed and assisted Uick to faith shortly and to a better understanding of tho holy Scrip tureH and of God'H dealings with their nation. Jewish Atonement m Farce. In view of what we have said, all must see that it would be Impossible for the Jews properly to observe the Atonement Day. having no priest nor other facility necessary to the require ments of the Law. Nevertheless, an out ward show of ceremony Is kept up. On the proper AtonementDay of their year, tho Tenth .Day of the Seventh Month, tho Jew figuratively acknowledges that the merit of the previous sucrlflco has expired. Do fasts. He prays, accord ing to the original program. But he has no priest No bullock Is slain for the sins of the tribe of Levi. No goat Is slain for the sins of the other tribes. And no blood Is taken into the Most Holy to make an Atonement Not only have they no priest to ofDclate, hut they have no mercy-seat Some of them wring tho neck of a rooster, swinging it over tho head three times. But this was not tho sacrifice of the Day of Atonement and could not take its place. Wo should not bo misunderstood as holding up the Jew to ridicule. Quite to the contrary, we sympathize with him. We appreciate his reverence for tho Divlno ,Lnw and his desire for fel lowship with God In tho cleansing or his sins. We would, however, suggest to them that nothing Is to be gained by deceiving themselves and each otli er Into tho supposition that their Atonement Day brings them any relief or harmonizes them in any sense of tho word with the Almighty. What they do is a mere farce. Tho sooner this be acknowledged the sooner will their honesty in the matter bring them Into tho proper condition of heart to recognize that the sins of more than eighteen centuries rest upon them un cancelled and that this Is the cxplana tlou of the calamities that huv be fqllen (thPin. " When Israelites corao properly to un derstand the situation, they will see that nil (heir hopes center in Mes siah's Kingdom Messlub 1b not only the gmil King typified by David and Solomon, but he is also the mt Priest typified by Anron and more par ticularly by Melrhlsedoc. who was a Blood Atonement For Sin Is a Necessity "The lifeol the fleih it in the bloed: nd I bare given il to ) ou upon the slur, to make an atonement lor youi khjIi j for it it the blood that tnakrlh an atonement (or the tout" (LevUKUl xvii, 1 1). OCO "''" ''' O priest upon his klugly throne. So Mes slah will not only bo the great King over Israel and the world, but he will bo the great Priest whoso application of his own merit will effect the can ccllation of sins forever. He will not re-Introduce to them sacrifices of bulls and goats, but will make known to them that those sacrifices were mere forcshadowlngs of better sacrifices so much better that they will not need repeating yearly, but work a perpet ual cancellation of the sins of Israel and of all the children of Adam. Higher Critics Repudiate the Blood. All the worldly-wise of Christendom have reached the point of repudiating the testimony of the Old Testament and the New respecting the need of a sacrificial death for the satisfaction of Divine Justice, the cancellation of sin and the restitution of the sinner to Di vine favor. The claim of the so-called New Theologtsts repudiates the fall, repudiates the ransom and repudiates a restitution to all that was lost- claiming that nothing was lost and that all we have is gain. Thus the world and Its wisdom know not God and appreciate not his arrangement that, as death came upon mankind through the sin of one man (Adam), even so a restitution to life should come to all men through Christ-rthnt, "as all In Adam die. even so all In Christ shall be made alive. These worldly-wise cannot deny the fact that there Is sin In the world and that there Is death In the world and that the tendency of all sin Is towards death. Tbey cannot deny that death is gaining a greater hold than ever be fore upon our race. Insane asylums, prisons and reform schools show that notwithstanding our educational facil ities and wonderful achievements under the enlightening Influences of tho New Dispensation now dawning neverthe less, the insanity statistics and the prison statistics and the physical sta tistics show that, in spite of every thing, our race Is becoming mentally, morally and physiqally weaker day by day. It is for them to explain bow these facts fit to their theory of Evolu tion. The Christian's View of Sin Atonement By the term Christian we refer to those who Intelligently believe the explanation- of the Bible respecting sin. that It Is a violation of the Divine Law and carries with it a penalty that Father Adam was created as sin less as are the angels and as perfect as they, only on a little lower plane of being. Obedience was required of blm as the price of Divine favor and everlasting life. Disobedience thrust him from Paradise Into tho unpre pared earth to wrestle with tho thorns and thistles, where tho decree, "Dying thou sbalt die." accomplished his exe cution. His race was In his loins and naturally shared by heredity his weaknesses and death penalty, so that the entire race is a dying race. But the Creator was unwilling that Adam and his children should die as brutes. God did not revoke bis decree of death nor give any intlmationthat he bad done unjustly In condemning his creature. He did, however, provide a way for their relief. He provided that as the first man alone bad sin ned actually, so one Redeemer alone would bo necessary for the race. And to him he offered a great reward, so that his sacrifice for sins would work out to his own advantage, as well as to the sinner's. A part of the reward was the high exaltation to the heaven ly nature far above angels, and the gift of the Kingdom of earth neces sary for the overruling and subduing of tho spirit of rebellion in tho world and for the exaltation and uplifting from sin and death conditions of all the willing and obedient of Adam's entire race. "The Better Sacrifices." From the Divine standpoint "the man Christ Jesus gave himself a ran som for all." for Adam's entire race, to be testified In due time. He antl typed the bullock of Israel's Atone ment Day, as well as antltyped the priest who slew the bullock because he offered up himself. Rowarded by the Almighty, he was raised from death to the spirit plane, higher than the angels. Applying his merit to the antltypical Levitcs, "the household of faith." "the Church of the First borns," he then began a work little understood by cither Jews or Chris tians, but nevertheless clearly outlined In the Word of God. His work throughout this age has been the gath ering of the elect class which Is cbo sen because of faithfulness to him and obedience in walking In hi steps In tho narrow way. These composed both of Jews and of Gentiles, have for centuries beeu In course of development their sacri fices being typified by that of the Lord's goat on the Atonement Day Their sacrifices arc small and lean like that of the goat, in comparison to the bullock. But they are accepted by the Great nigh Priest, and the offering of their sacrifice Is counted as bis sac rifice. Thus eventually the nigh Priest will complete his work of sin atonement (we believe very sooni and then bis second application of the blood upon the Mercy-Beat will be made, Just as It was written In the Law. "On behalf of nil the peopl," only that "all the people" on tho larger scale will not mean merely the Is raelites outside of tho Levitcs. but will moan the whole world of mankind outside of the household of fulth. the antltypical l.evltes. Forthwith the whole world will be turned over to Messiah, the antltypical Prophets Priest. King, Mediator, Judge. Then for n thousand years the world will receive the blessed, uplifting Influences. Lainer of the Cavalry- By t Gen. Chas. King Author of "The Colonel's I Danghtcr," "Foes in Ambush," etc. "IVs The representative or three newspapers In Chicago and tho cast. They were anxious to have an Indian campaign and the life of an enlisted man described as It really was. I Joined a squad of recruits for this regiment right after the news of the Crazy Horse battle on Powder river." "Do you still hold that Job?" "No, sir." And there was a twitch of the muscles about the corners of the mouth suggestive of amusement "Why" "I, failed to give satisfaction. Only scraps of my letters were published." "What did they wantr "Criticism principally and confirma tion or the stories of abuse and 111 treatment of soldiers by their officers." "Were your letters never published?" "Three of them eventually, after the campaign. In the New York Morning Mall." Whereupon Kiggs spun In his chair and rejolcefully surveyed Button, who sat like a man In a daze, staring open eyed at the- witness. "Then, as I understand It, you were favorably Impressed with the life and conditions?" "In spite of hardship and privation, yes, sir, and because I found completo refutation of the stories about the offi cers, both, as regarded their dealing with the Indians and with their own men." "Were there any persons with the command who knew you and your mission?' "Two, sir, as It turned out Trooper Cary, who enlisted at the same time I did, and a civilian, Mr. Lowndes, who recognized us at Fort Frayne. We were at college together. Ho and Cary became very intimate toward the last, and yet I think they kept my secret in spite of our falling out" "Do you care to tell us why you fell outr "I prefer that Mr. Lowndes should do that. He and Cary had been chums In college days, and, though wo wcro In the same society, I did not know them then as I do now." "You had trouble with Sergeant Fltzroy at first. We have heard his version. What Is yours?" Rawdon's eyes never flinched. "It was partly on account of tho lady who Is now ray wife and partly on account of money. Fltzroy la an out and out usurer and has a dozen sergeants in the regiment In his debt and under bis thumb, Captain Snaffle's first sergeant among them." "It's a He!" said Snaffle. "It's tho truth," said Riggs, "and I have other proofs. You will curb your tongue and your temper, Captain Snaf fle, If you please. Go on, Rawdon." "I bad reason to believe ho was squeezing Dr. Mayhow. I had learned to love Mnyhew's daughter. I made Dr. Mayhew take enough to free him self and won Fltzroy's bato on both accounts." "You aro accused of assaulting blm the night of tho 10th. What of that?" "I did not even see him or speak tp blm. I had beu In town In the after noon arranging for our marriage. Dr. Mayhew would not hear of It until I bad got my discharge, but we had decided to bo married Saturday morn ing and to go cast that afternoon, as Important business called me. Mr. Lowndes will tell you that ho owed me much money. I had lost my position ns correspondent, needed the cash and pressed him for It. lie had promised faithfully to havo It ready, but ready "Did you try to earn any money?" "Yes, sir, writing about tho cam paign. Ruwdoii lost his position be cause ho didn't send what they want ed, so I thought I might. The editor didn't know mo and asked for refer ences, so I sent my stories to to Mr. Arnold and my aunt. Sho often wrote for the papers." ,"Js that tho way tho Booton and other papers came to publish those scandals?" "Sho made It worao than I de scribed." "Ur let roe expluln, gentlemen," In-, terpoflcd Mr. Arnold. "My Bister Is of a very sympathetic naturo, and her heart has loug been wrung by the In Justice to tho Indian. When tills un happy boy wrote those letters sho hud no reason to doubt their entire truth," "I will usk you what wus his final oxplunatlou of his need for money?" "He begged mo to Bend him $200, saying ho would be disgraced If he could not pay Lieutenant Lanier, who had won it from him at curds." "Mr. Lowndes," Bald Riggs, "did Lieutenant Lanier ever win a dollar frojai'ou?" (To Be CoiitlnnerYj 6-ROOM ITOUSE; two seroonod in ponrches; elect ric lights; bath room, has hot and cold water, both city and well water: nice lawn; lprgo barn for six head of horses and two largo sheds; lot 75x220 foot; 5 bearing applo trees; water and sower in strcot; this is a very desirable location overlooking Medford. 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